Light Novel POP Free Font
Light Novel POP is a pop style free Japanese font that is perfect for anime designs. The hiragana and katakana characters are originally designed by Kato Masashi from Fontna, while the other characters like alphanumeric and kanji characters were taken from the open source font M+. For related choice of this font, you can check out Kei Font.
7 Feb 2026 update : This font has been updated to V2, and it’s now called Lanobe Pop V2 (ラノベPOP v2).
Usage Permission
- Free for personal, non-commercial, and commercial works
Link
Font Homepage and Font Download
To download, visit the link above, then look for the big download button as highlighted in the screenshot below. You will need a Pixiv account to download, which is rather easy to sign up.
Supported characters
- Hiragana and Katakana
- Kanji
- Alphanumeric
- Symbols and Punctuation
Can i use this font for commercial LOGO design?
Thanks
Yes you can!
How exactly do I get the font to be written out in Japanese? every time I type its only English.
Hi, did you enable Japanese input on your computer?
When testing this font out on Photoshop, it’s not the same font that is shown.